Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by RIMR on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @04:41PM (#48752826)

At least with a PC you have control over the system. You're even freer with Valve because now have the ease of using Linux.

My entire Steam library is backed up to LTO tapes. I can get most everything running without needing Steam.

I will continue to support this business model, because I retain the power to own the system and the data.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by tremon on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @05:35PM (#48753456)

> I can get most everything running without needing Steam.

I thought most Steam games relied on remote activation/verification? Can you install and run them on a non-networked machine? If not, your LTO tapes are close to worthless because Valve (or its buyer) can still pull the same trick that Sony did here, with the same effect.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by saghm on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @05:52PM (#48753618)

I'm not positive whether this is what they're referring to, but you can add external games to your Steam library. This is how the Steam Deck is able to run arbitrary games without needing to be in desktop mode, and the most straightforward way to run Windows games via Proton on Linux even if you obtained them elsewhere.

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